First Name | Thomas |
Last Name | Webb |
Year of Conviction | 1983 |
Year of Exoneration | 1996 |
State of Conviction | Oklahoma |
Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
Type of Crime | Rape |
Death Sentence | No |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | Black |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Type of Forensic Evidence |
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Types of Flawed Forensics |
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Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | According to judicial opinion, analyst had testified that questioned hairs were “consistent with” those of the defendant. |
Identity of eyewitness |
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Suggestive Procedures | No transcript – but his was one of two photos repeated in both black and white and then a color line-up, and the second photo repeated did not match the victim’s description. |
Highest level reached | Appeal |
Claims Raised During All Appeals and Postconviction |
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Citations to judicial opinions | Webb v. State, 746 P.2d 203 (Okl. Cr. 1987) |